In 2013, a group of friends came together to bring circus arts to rural communities in Northern Minas and the Jequitinhonha Valley. The initial goal was to promote art and culture in vulnerable communities that did not have public leisure spaces for children and teenagers or access to entertainment activities.

After years of action, the team realized that the fight for social transformation, poverty reduction, and stronger education in Northern Minas required an organized and coordinated approach. That is how, in 2016, Thiago Otero and Poliana Matos founded Sementes do Vale Association in Salinas, Minas Gerais, with a regional focus across the Sertão of Minas Gerais.